In their earliest days as a trio, Runaway June wanted to incorporate a lot of fiddle and steel guitar into their songs. But there was a practical issue that ultimately forced the “Buy My Own Drinks” group in another direction when they recorded their 2019 debut album, Blue Roses.
“We couldn’t afford a fiddle player on the road,” says lead singer Naomi Cooke, who along with her bandmates Jennifer Wayne and Natalie Stovall, chatted with Rolling Stone via Zoom in July. “So we stopped putting that in all the music...
“We couldn’t afford a fiddle player on the road,” says lead singer Naomi Cooke, who along with her bandmates Jennifer Wayne and Natalie Stovall, chatted with Rolling Stone via Zoom in July. “So we stopped putting that in all the music...
- 7/30/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Mavericks’ turn in a groove-heavy version of Waylon Jennings’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” Runaway June brush off a drunk-dialing dude in “Head Over Heels,” Dylan LeBlanc channels Neil Young in “Unanswered Questions,” and more in this week’s set of must-hear songs.
The Mavericks, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”
The Mavericks tackle an album’s worth of country classics and rock deep cuts with Play the Hits, a covers album that shows the range of the band’s influences. Their revision of...
The Mavericks, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”
The Mavericks tackle an album’s worth of country classics and rock deep cuts with Play the Hits, a covers album that shows the range of the band’s influences. Their revision of...
- 11/4/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
“I might be heart broke, but that don’t mean I gotta stay home,” sings Runaway June’s Naomi Cooke in the country trio’s sprightly hit single “Buy My Own Drinks,” obliterating any expectations that she might be the type to waste time crying over someone. Cooke, along with singing partners Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne (the granddaughter of the Duke himself) are bound to get some Dixie Chicks comparisons with their brand of harmony-drenched country-pop, but their debut album Blue Roses offers plenty to distinguish them from that multi-Platinum trio.
- 7/3/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“They’re all pinch-me moments,” says Hannah Mulholland, who, along with Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne, make up breakout country trio Runaway June, as I list off a number of recent and upcoming milestones: they’ve had two singles crack the Top 40 on country radio, they’ve opened for Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts, and, as we meet in October 2018, they are less than 24 hours away from their national television debut on Today. Fast forward a few months to February, and the group will learn that they’re nominated for...
- 3/1/2019
- by Madison Vain
- Rollingstone.com
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